Traditional Dresses

Traditional Wedding Dresses in South Africa have transformed over the years from the old and boring traditional wedding dresses styles to more elegant and stylish. Still maintaining the cultural relevance, the "Traditionally stylish, elegantly modern look and taken over. Many of the events that take place during these weddings have their heritage rooted in rich traditions that have been honored for many generations.

Marriage ceremonies in South Africa's ethnic groups are not only deeply rooted in the peoples respect for family and culture but also celebrate the families cultural identity with beautiful African wedding dresses.

Lets take a look at the different Traditional Wedding Dresses from South Africas' local ethnic groups:

Venda Traditional Wedding Dresses :

The Venda traditional wedding dress is usually characterised by a colourful striped print fabric which comes in red, turquoise, yellow, orange, blue and green. The Venda traditional wedding dress has now transformed to modern designs styles with fresh new designs every wedding season.

Pedi Traditional Wedding Dresses :

The Venda traditional wedding dress is usually characterised by a colourful striped print fabric which comes in red, turquoise, yellow, orange, blue and green. The Venda traditional wedding dress has now transformed to modern designs styles with fresh new designs every wedding season.

Ndebele Traditional Wedding Dresses :

This season the Ndebele traditional Wedding dresses are more vibrant, the drop shoulder trend has also found its way around the Ndebele Traditional wedding attire. The colourful Ndebele prints make the Traditional wedding theme easy to blend with neutral or matching colours.

Xhosa Traditional Wedding Dresses

Each wedding season, Xhosa Traditional Wedding Dress designers never dissappoint. Umbaco wedding dresses are transormed to different styles in different colours. The "His and Hers" trend is mostly popular with the Xhosa Traditional Wedding Dresses and there is always new and exciting mens' designs to look out for.

Zulu Traditional Wedding Dresses

The Zulu Traditional Wedding Dresses are transormed every season, but the Ischolo remains a significant symbol of the Zulu cultural heritage. The modern Zulu traditional Wedding dress is not complete without the traditional Zulu hat and beads to complete the look..

Tsonga Traditional Wedding Dresses

Tsonga traditional wedding dresses are the most colourful South African Traditional Dresses. The flower detail which comes in a wide array of designs and prints make it easy for Traditional African Wedding dress designers to come up with new and exciting designs wedding every season. Tulle is in fashion, it is easy to blends with the versatile Tsonga prints.

Swazi Bridal Attire

This wedding season, Traditional Wedding Dress designers in South Africa are creating amazing Swazi Traditional Wedding dresses designs. The Swazi prints can be blended with a mixture of plain matching colours, tulle, satin or cotton to create amazing Traditional Wedding dresses. Swazi brides have become more open to modern design trends and there is always new and exciting designs to watch out for if you are looking for modern Swazi designs.